The news that Gu Qing beheaded the general Tian Zhen in Shule Town spread throughout the Anxi Army and Qiuci City that day.

Both soldiers and civilians heard about it.

Tian Zhen was publicly beheaded after being sentenced to death at the Anxi garrison camp. Tian Zhen's charges soon spread out of the camp and into Kucha City. Within a day, the entire Kucha City knew about Gu Qing's execution.

The deeds of General Zhonglang.

The great achievements of Gu Qing, who led his troops to annihilate more than 20,000 Tibetan troops, are still talked about by the people of Kucha City. Therefore, Gu Qing, who was famous throughout the city in the first battle, became famous again this time.

He summoned a military general who had framed Paoze from Shule Town, entered the camp and ordered his beheading without saying a word. This decisive and ruthless style once again shocked the people of the city.

Not only that, the head of that general is still hanging high on the top of Kucha City for public display. Tian Zhen’s various crimes are posted in front of the city gate. Businessmen and people entering and leaving Kucha City are all in awe when they see it.

After two days of hanging heads, the Jiedushi Mansion once again posted a notice.

The content of the notice is very simple. It is recruiting young and strong men from all over the city of Qiuci. Anyone who is between the ages of sixteen and forty, more than six feet tall, and has a strong build can go to the gate of the garrison camp.

He joined the army at the recruitment office in front of him, and his unit was the Mo Dao Shou, who was invincible in the Tang Dynasty.

Recruitment will naturally lead to benefits. The benefits on the notice are clearly stated. First, they will be in charge of food, and there will be meat for every meal. Secondly, there will be bounties for the top ten in daily training. Finally, after the Mo Dao Camp is established, the monthly salary will be

Ten coins were distributed as military pay.

There is food and meat, rewards for training, and monthly military pay. This kind of treatment is simply a high standard and high treatment that is unique among all the armies of the Tang Dynasty. After the notice was posted, the people in the city were excited.

The last inscription on the notice was not Gu Qing, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, but Li Siye. Someone who was interested saw the official position in front of Li Siye's name, General You Jinwu, "General Mo Dao".

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In the chilly and desolate school field, Li Siye calmly stared at the more than 300 tall and strong soldiers who lined up neatly in front of him with a cold face.

Most of these soldiers were selected from the Anxi garrison, and there were also a small number of civilians from Kucha City. In recent days, Li Siye carefully screened the Anxi army and the young and strong men from Kucha City from beginning to end, and even lowered the number a little.

According to the selection criteria, only more than 300 barely qualified Mo Daoshou were selected, which was still far from the small target of 1,000 people set by Gu Qing.

There was no way, Li Siye tried his best. If his body shape is not good enough, he just can't do it. This is innate and cannot be made up for by other methods. The most important condition for a qualified Mo Dao player is to be tall and strong, and to stand in the team and dance with the Mo Dao.

As motionless as Mount Tai, every person in the queue is an unshakable castle and an unconquerable mountain.

The reason why Mo Dao Shou became famous all over the world was that he was strong and stable, but Li Siye selected the whole army and the whole city, and barely managed to scrape together about 300 people.

Li Siye stood in front of the team, looked at the more than 300 people in front of him, and sighed secretly in his heart.

In fact, the size of the Modao Battalion corresponds to different battlefield situations. For example, a Modao Battalion of about 300 people is suitable for garrisoning at mountain passes and other places where roads are narrow and inaccessible. A Modao Battalion of 300 people can be used in

The Mo Dao wielded in a narrow area is enough to block the attack of ten thousand enemies, and the pass is defended watertight.

And a Mo Dao battalion with a size of 1,000 people can play a terrifying role on the battlefield. It can be deployed in the open plains and launch an active attack on the enemy step by step. When Mo Dao moves forward with the wave of the Mo Dao, it can

The enemy's tens of thousands of troops were forced to avoid it, or they were minced alive into piles of minced meat.

The existence of the Modao camp can even resist the enemy's cavalry. The weapon "Modao" was first developed during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty to resist the Turks in the north. Since the Turks were all cavalry,

During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the number of war horses was not enough. When the infantry resisted the cavalry, the Modao came into being.

The shape and purpose of the Mo Dao evolved from the weapons of the Western Han Dynasty. The name of this ancient weapon is the "Broken Horse Sword", which was born to defeat cavalry.

It is difficult, very difficult to train a Mo Dao battalion of a thousand people.

Li Siye didn't know how Gu Qing could get money. A thousand-man Mo Dao battalion was simply a gold-eating monster. The young marquis would probably be forced to jump off the tower in a short time.

Li Siye didn't even know why Gu Qing set up such a large-scale Modao Battalion. It is said that his camp was full of cavalry, which was considered an excellent unit in the world. If he added a thousand-man Modao Battalion, it would be properly matched during war.

If so, the army under the command of the Marquis would be invincible in the world.

So the question is, is it worth spending so much money to form a Mo Dao battalion?

In Li Siye's eyes, with the invincible cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, Mo Dao Camp can only be regarded as the icing on the cake, and has no special need. However, since Lord Marquis is determined to establish it, Li Siye accepted Gu Qing's favor, so naturally he would not say anything.

Said to help him finish it.

The autumn wind suddenly picked up on the battlefield, and the chilling air rushed straight into the sky.

Li Siye stood majestically in the autumn wind, took a deep breath, and loudly said to the more than 300 Mo swordsmen in front of him: "I have been ordered to form a Mo sword battalion, and you are all among the selected ones. First of all, I want to tell you,

An excellent Mo Dao player must have abundant strength and long-term patience, so the first thing you must practice after entering the camp is to practice strength."

"The stone rollers in front of you each weigh about one hundred kilograms. Your current training goal is to lift the stone rollers. Each person should lift the stone rollers at least 200 times a day. Those who reach 200 times will be rewarded. Those who are lower than 200 times will be rewarded.

Those who do worse will be punished by running ten laps on the school field."

Most of the selected Mo Dao soldiers are soldiers of the Anxi Army, and there are also a small number of civilians from Kucha City. They are all tall and strong people. Their motivation for applying to the Modao Camp is very simple. It is purely so that the Modao Camp can manage food and eat meat.

, you can also receive rewards and receive monthly military pay. With such attractive terms, who wouldn’t be tempted?

But they didn't expect that on the first day they entered the camp, they would have to lift a 100-pound stone rolling 200 times. It was an almost impossible task. Everyone looked at each other, but under Li Siye's cold eyes, the soldiers

I had to struggle to lift the rolling stone in front of me, again and again.

A figure stood quietly behind Li Siye. Li Siye seemed to be aware of it. He turned around and saw Gu Qing and saluted hurriedly.

Gu Qing held his arm and said with a smile: "You are busy with your business, I will just take a look, no need to be polite."

Li Siye pointed at the more than 300 swordsmen and smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, I'm sorry for you. The whole army has searched all over the city and only found these people. It's really impossible to collect a thousand."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "I don't blame you. The conditions for recruiting Mo Swordsmen are harsh. We can't just use the Yu to make up for the number. It's better to be more strict. It's better to lack than to waste. It won't be long before there will be more troops from Chang'an to join the Anxi Army. There will be a lot of people. By then

I will authorize you to select people from the newly arrived troops. The goal of 1,000 soldiers must be achieved."

Li Siye hesitated for a moment and then said: "There is also the matter of Mo Dao..."

Gu Qing made a sound and said: "I have built several blacksmith shops outside Qiuci City, bought a lot of pig iron from Hu merchants, recruited more than 20 blacksmiths to work day and night to make Modao, Brother Li trained the soldiers

In addition, if you have nothing to do, you can go to the blacksmith shop to take a look at the finished product. If it does not meet the requirements, you must mention it to the person in charge, and everything will be done according to your wishes."

Li Siye said gratefully: "If you can get the kindness of Lord Marquis, it will be like the hard work of dogs and horses."

Gu Qing looked bitter and sighed: "I really didn't expect that setting up a Mo Dao battalion would be so expensive. Do you know how much money I spent these days? Bounties, buying meat, buying pig iron, recruiting blacksmiths

, build a blacksmith shop, etc..."

"To be honest, my pockets are already a little stretched. If I still need money next time, the only thing I can do is to hang a wooden sign around my neck and write, 'Sell yourself to build the army, uncle, come and play'..."

Li Siye's old face turned red, he lowered his head in shame and said: "I will finally make things difficult for you. I will..."

Gu Qing sighed, shook his head, turned around and planned to walk to the commander's tent. After taking two steps, he suddenly turned back and said thoughtfully: "Our soldiers in Modao camp are all tall and burly, powerful and very popular with women. Ruocheng

If there are many rich women, why not let them come out at night to engage in side jobs, which can be regarded as sacrificing their lives for the country..."

Halfway through the words, Gu Qing stopped talking again and sighed sadly: "Forget it, it sounds so unscrupulous to do this, my damn shame has nowhere to put it..."

Sighing and walking away.

Li Siye looked at Gu Qing's back in a daze, and did not regain his consciousness for a long time.

What does "getting a side job" mean? What does "sacrifice one's life for the country" mean? It's not what you think it means, is it? The Marquis can't be that evil, right?

Will not!

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Gu Qing found that he had become poor again. This problem was serious.

Since Modao Camp was established, the money spent every day has flowed to unknown distances like water from the Yellow River that burst its banks.

When I opened my eyes in the morning, the military clerks and secretaries and accountants were waiting respectfully outside the commander's tent. They stretched out their hands to ask for money, including the bounty issued every day, the mutton to be bought every day, pig iron, millet, and armor every day.

All kinds of buying, buying, buying, all kinds of things require money.

Gu Qing was ready to kill the accountant.

Originally, Gu Qing made a lot of money from the merchants when he expanded the city, built a city, and sold shops in Qiuci. However, after setting up Modao Camp, the money was spent less and less. If he spent a few more days, the savings would be reduced.

The Treasury of the Governor's Office is probably almost empty.

No wonder Gao Xianzhi seems to have turned a blind eye to the terrifying offensive capabilities of the Modao Camp. In these years, he has only left a Modao team of 300 people in Shule, and it will no longer expand. Selecting people is one thing, and I am afraid that the biggest

The difficulty was the expenditure of money, and Gu Qing finally tasted the bitter pill.

Walking in Qiuci City in late autumn, Gu Qing put his hands in his sleeves and his waist was slightly stooped, like an old man bent down by the burden of life.

Raising his eyelids listlessly, Gu Qing looked at Han Jie next to him and said lazily: "Go and tell Li Sima of the Jiedushi Mansion that I will give him three more days. In three days, all four new market shops must be completed.
Chapter completed!